New ship modification: Liberator-class Bulk Cruiser

[Kemper Boyd]

This relates to my campaign outlined here:
http://www.rancorpit.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2229

Craft: Rendili StarDrive's Neutron Star-class bulk cruiser
Affiliation: Confederacy of Independent Worlds
Type: Modified bulk cruiser
Scale: Capital
Length: 600 meters
Skill: Capital ship piloting: bulk cruiser
Crew: 2,465, gunners: 136 , skeleton: 1040/+10
Crew skill: Astrogation 4D, capital ship gunnery 4D+2, capital ship piloting 4D+2, capital ship shields 4D, sensors 4D, starship gunnery 4D+2
Passengers: 700 troops, 300 government officials
Cargo Capacity: 10,000 metric tons
Consumables: 1 year
Cost: Not for sale
Hyperdrive multiplier: x1
Hyperdrive backup: x10
Nav Computer: Yes
Maneuverability: +1
Space: 4
Hull: 6D
Shields: 2D
Sensors:
Passive: 50/1D
Scan: 100/2D
Search: 150/3D
Focus: 5 /4D
Weapons:
8 Turbolaser Cannons (fire separately)
Fire Arc: 2 front, 3 left, 3 right
Crew: 2
Skill: Capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range 3-15/35/75
Damage: 4D
30 Quad Laser Cannons (fire separately)
Fire Arc: 10 front, 10 left, 10 right
Crew: 2
Scale: Starfighter
Skill: Starship gunnery
Fire control: 2D
Space Range: 1-5/10/17
Damage: 4D
6 Concussion Missile Tubes
Fire Arc: turret
Crew: 6
Skill: Capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 3D
Space Range: 3-12/30/60
Damage: 9D
4 Tractor Beam Projectors (fire separately)
Fire Arc: Front
Crew: 6
Skill: Capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 1-5/15/30
Damage: 4D

Other: can carry three squadrons worth of fighters and an assortment of 30 different sort of shuttles and landing craft.

The Liberator-class bulk cruiser is a modified Neutron Star-class bulk cruiser, designed by former Incom engineer Sva Dobreni who was a family friend of Fleet Admiral Kiner. The ship was created according to these criteria:
- Able to defend itself against at least a Victory-class Star Destroyer, if not outfight one
- Able to carry assault shuttles and landing craft
- Able to serve as a mobile capital for the Confederacy

Dobreni's design scrapped the hangar bays that the Bulk Cruiser had and added two flight pods, one on each side, which are all able to carry two squadrons of fighters and 15 shuttlecraft. These flight pods have to be retracted before jumping to hyperspace, which means that the ship isn't capable of rapid hyperjumps. The flight pods also contain sophisticated communications equipment and upgraded sensors.

The end result looks a bit like a hybrid betweem bulk cruiser and a battlestar.